Jean-Sylvain Emien Mambé (born 16 September 1970) is an
Ivorian prelate of the
Catholic Church
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who works in the diplomatic service of the
Holy See
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.
Biography
Jean-Sylvain Emien Mambé was born on 16 September 1970 in
Jacqueville
Jacqueville () is a coastal town in southern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Jacqueville Department in Grands-Ponts Region, Lagunes District. Jacqueville is also a commune. The town is 40 kilometres west of Abidjan.
Jacque ...
,
Côte d'Ivoire
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...
. He was ordained a priest for the
Diocese of Yopougon
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...
on 14 December 1997.
Diplomatic career
He entered the diplomatic service of the
Holy See
The Holy See ( lat, Sancta Sedes, ; it, Santa Sede ), also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the jurisdiction of the Pope in his role as the bishop of Rome. It includes the apostolic episcopal see of the Diocese of Rome ...
on 1 July 2005, and served in the pontifical representations in Angola, Nigeria, New Zealand, Spain, the Czech Republic, Guinea and Mali. He holds a degree in
canon law
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.
On 2 February 2022,
Pope Francis
Pope Francis ( la, Franciscus; it, Francesco; es, link=, Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church. He has been the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 13 March 2013. ...
appointed him
Titular Archbishop of
Potenza Picena
Potenza Picena is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region of Marche, about southeast of Ancona and about northeast of Macerata.
''Potentia'' was the Roman town situated in the lower Potenza valley, in the ...
and
Apostolic Nuncio to
Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali ...
. On 12 November 2022, he was appointed nuncio of
Guinea
Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...
as well.
See also
*
List of heads of the diplomatic missions of the Holy See
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mambe, Jean-Sylvain Emien
Living people
1970 births
Bishops appointed by Pope Francis
Apostolic Nuncios to Mali
Apostolic Nuncios to Guinea
Ivorian Roman Catholic archbishops